creating installer

This is a discussion on creating installer within the Tech Board forums, part of the Community Boards category; I just got a burner for christmas and I want to back up some of my downloads, the problem is ...

creating installer

I just got a burner for christmas and I want to back up some of my downloads, the problem is I accidently have errased a couple of them, and don't want to re download them. Is there any way I could recreate the file that I dowloaded? I've installed the programs from the orginal dowload so I have them.

Sorry, but unless you buy a special data-recovery utility(and even then it's not a guarantee), you're gonna have to re-download that stuff. Hope you have broadband. BTW do you need the installer? Just burn the regular files. If they're too big, compress them.

Remember that an installer does a lot more than hold files.....it sets up system variables, registeres COM objects & applets and edits the registry as well as changing directory structures on different parts of the drive...

err... i don't know if it'll work (in fact i doubt it very much) but if you have installShield crap that comes with vc6++ you might be able to package the files back up. install shield does keep a record of what it registers so it can unistall. might work. if your really lucky.